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Helpful and informative resources for anyone engaged in Christian mission and ministry, whether lay or ordained. Perfect books for ministers, priests, vicars, readers, teachers, Sunday-school assistants and clergy of all descriptions.

Whether you are Anglican, Methodist, Baptist, Protestant, Roman Catholic or Orthodox, you will find something here to help your ministry. Stimulate your congregation with the Gospel and grow God’s kingdom!

• God's Tent Pitched Among Us: A New Pattern for Rural Church Mission

  by Benjamin Carter and Helen-Ann Hartley (foreword)

  Paperback £12.99
  ISBN: 978-1-78959-097-5

  How can small rural churches respond with confidence to the opportunities and challenges for mission and ministry? As the Church focuses more and more on growth in urban areas, God’s Tent shows that flourishing exists throughout the Church, and particularly in small and rural contexts.​

  

• Following Christ: Sermons for the Christian Year

  by Robert Beaken

  Paperback £12.99 £10.99
  ISBN: 978-1-78959-082-1

  Well-crafted and inspiring sermons in the Anglo-Catholic tradition that offer food for thought for listeners and preachers alike.

  

• A New Lease of Life?: Anglican Clergy Reflect on Retirement

  by Tony Neal and Leslie J. Francis (editors)

  Paperback £19.99 £16.99
  ISBN: 978-1-78959-085-2

  What does retirement mean for Church of England clergy? Fourteen retired clergy reflect on their experiences in retirement and discuss the challenges and opportunities of this new stage of life.

  

• Keeping Watch for Kingfishers: God Stories

  by Jenny Wilson and Christopher Stoltz (foreword)

  Paperback £12.99 £10.99
  ISBN: 978-1-78959-073-9

  A collection of sermons that explore how we can learn to hear the voice of God in prayer, in the life of Jesus and in the human voice.

  

• Dear Nicholas...: A Father's Letter to His Newly Ordained Son

  by Michael Henshall, Stephen Cottrell (foreword), and Nicholas Henshall (editor) ★★★★★

  Paperback £8.99 £7.99
  ISBN: 978-1-78959-064-7

  A letter from a bishop to his newly-ordained son, revised for today's audience and with an epilogue by the original recipient (who is now Dean of Chelmsford) reflecting on ministry today.

  

• Into the Depths: A Chaplain's Reflections on Death, Dying and Pastoral Care

  by Rosie Deedes

  Paperback £12.99 £9.99
  ISBN: 978-1-78959-032-6

  Drawing on her experience of chaplaincy in prison, hospice and university contexts, Rosie Deedes reflects on the nature of good pastoral care and chaplaincy as a model of ministry for our time.

  

• The Diaconate in Ecumenical Perspective: Ecclesiology, Liturgy and Practice

  by D. Michael Jackson (editor), Frederick C. Bauerschmidt, et al.

  Paperback £19.99
  ISBN: 978-1-78959-035-7

  A discussion of the historical development of the order of deacons, its theological basis in the Western and Eastern Churches, and the relevance and significance of the diaconate for the Church in the twenty-first century.

  

• Growing Up into the Children of God: Exploring the Paradoxes of Christian Maturity

  by David Newman

  Paperback £12.99 £10.99
  ISBN: 978-1-78959-020-3

  David Newman reflects on what it means for Christians to grow to be mature members of the body of Christ, with faith in a God who acts and themselves actively engaged in the church and the world.

  

• The Beginning of Tomorrow: Call to the North – Churches Working Together in Mission

  by John Gaunt Hunter and David Bebbington (foreword)

  Paperback £14.99
  ISBN: 978-1-78959-029-6

  A unique account of a little-known yet momentous effort to join forces in proclaiming the gospel in a society shaped by increasing decline in church attendance and major social challenges.

  

• Leading a Church to Maturity in Love: A Theological and Practical Guide to Church Leadership

  by David R. Tomlinson and Stephen Cottrell (foreword)

  Paperback £12.99
  ISBN: 978-1-78959-023-4

  Church leaders frequently encounter tensions and conflict, especially when facing change. Building on extensive experience of leading churches at times of change, David Robert Tomlinson shows how through critical theological reflection and modelling good practice church leaders can facilitate church life that is grounded and transformed by the love of God.